Vietnam’s Legal Policy on Protecting Marine Environment

Abstract

In recent years, marine activities in the coastal of Vietnam is increasing very quickly for living and developing the national economics. Besides the positive impact on the economics, these activities make some negative on the marine environment. Therefore, it is necessary to protect the environment and implement the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nation. Following that trend, Vietnam’s authorities has enacted many laws and regulations to implement the international conventions as well as encourage the environmental protection in marine activities. In this paper, the authors will analyze the facts and problems of the environmental protection in marine activities when implementing and complying international and domestic laws and regulations in Vietnam. Then, the authors will recommend some solutions to improve these problems in Vietnam in the next period.